Uncommon can be categorized as an adjective.
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| uncommon - not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability" | ||
| uncommon - marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree" |
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| 1. | adj. | Uncommon birds. | |
| 2. | adj. | Frost and floods are uncommon during these months. | |
| 3. | adj. | Doing an uncommon amount of business. | |
| 4. | adj. | An uncommon liking for money. | |
| 5. | adj. | He owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability. | |
| 6. | adj. | An uncommon sense of humor. | |
| 7. | adj. | She was kind to an uncommon degree. | |
| 8. | adj. | took a bit of searching to discover that POP is probably PoP - plaster of Paris and yes plaster of Paris will slow way down if it is not exposed to air - in fact, if you are building up plaster ("the way you would icing") to do sculpting, which is rather uncommon, you keep the set plaster damp in order to add more unset plaster or you have to wet the area where you will be adding plaster "mud" | |
| 9. | adj. | Edit: Also I forgot to mention earlier, most (if not all) cruise ships also practice lifeboat drills weekly, and it is not uncommon to see them to actually launch the lifeboats into the water as part of their drill when you are in port. | |
| 10. | adj. | A six-figure income is not uncommon for physicians. | |
| 11. | adj. | Such a case is not uncommon today. | |
| 12. | adj. | Cholera is uncommon in Japan. | |
| 13. | adj. | We sometimes say: "Common sense is quite uncommon." | |
| 14. | adj. | The only remaining region in the world where obesity is uncommon is sub-Saharan Africa. | |
| 15. | adj. | A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. |
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| Uncommon birds. |
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| Frost and floods are uncommon during these months. |
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| Doing an uncommon amount of business. |
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| An uncommon liking for money. |
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| He owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability. |
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| An uncommon sense of humor. |
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| She was kind to an uncommon degree. |
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| took a bit of searching to discover that POP is probably PoP - plaster of Paris and yes plaster of Paris will slow way down if it is not exposed to air - in fact, if you are building up plaster ("the way you would icing") to do sculpting, which is rather uncommon, you keep the set plaster damp in order to add more unset plaster or you have to wet the area where you will be adding plaster "mud" |
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| Edit: Also I forgot to mention earlier, most (if not all) cruise ships also practice lifeboat drills weekly, and it is not uncommon to see them to actually launch the lifeboats into the water as part of their drill when you are in port. |
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| A six-figure income is not uncommon for physicians. | |
| Such a case is not uncommon today. | |
| Cholera is uncommon in Japan. | |
| We sometimes say: "Common sense is quite uncommon." | |
| The only remaining region in the world where obesity is uncommon is sub-Saharan Africa. | |
| A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. | |